On Sunday 22 June 2008 01:49:37 pm you wrote: > On Sun June 22 2008, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > Paul, > > > > See this line: > > > > > processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libswscale0_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb > > (--unpack): > > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libswscale.so.0.5.0', which is also in > > package libswscalecvs0 > > > > That is your issue. To fix it you either need to downgrade lib*cvs* as > > Sven said or you could do apt-get -f install (after the failure above) > > and it will give you the full path of the package trying to overwrite > > libswcale.so.0.5.0. I think it is > > /var/cache/apt/archives/libswscale0_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb from the > > above output. Then do (as root): > > > > dpkg -i --force-overwrite /path/to/something/.deb > > > > This does not fix anything, rather it allows *bad*, *poorly written* > > packages to install. In this case, debian mulitmedia knows about the > > issue and clearly says what to do about it (remove the above line and it > > will uninstall all multimedia packages). > > well, I had to remove vlc ( for the time being) then ran the install -f to > fix things. NO I do not want to install bad, poorly-written software! at > least I still have mplayer.. > but that's what you get when you run testing.. I'm not complaining ( much) > just trying to figure out the easiest way to keep my system afloat.. > > thanks for the help!!
Glad to do it. In this case, it is NOT badly written packages, but rather a design choice of Debian Multimedia to go with a lib that is newer then stable or testing. You will run into this error when you do dist-upgrades from one (say stable) to another (say new stable or testing). I normally just --force-overwrite it. I don't care if two packages have the same lib or not. Of course issues MIGHT result if you remove one and it pulls that file out. In that case, just re-install the other package, and problem gone. HTH -- Damon L. Chesser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser
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